Wednesday, April 30, 2014

You are to go to the following websites and redo your paper to make sure that all the components of a research paper is in YOUR paper! You are going to revise your paper to make it sound academic- I do not want to see I's, or other colloquial (informal) language.. Look at your diction, look at your grammar, look at your punctuation, look at your argument. DO you have a title? (other than it saying final draft) Do you have a thesis? UNDERLINE it. Do you have supporting information? Label it! So you have a correct works cited page? (and its a separate page from your paper).. You also need to make an appointment in the writing center and have them sign a piece of paper saying they read your paper. You need to do all of this by MONDAY!!! If you do not have this then you will have keep resubmitting it until you do. If I see you messing around then you will get MORE AP tests to do.

Introductions, Conclusion, and Works Cited PPT

Here is the powerpoint you need to read through today. In your Reading Response section of your notebook you need to answer the following questions:

1. Look at your paper, does your introduction include any of the strategies that is listed? If not, would it make your paper stronger if you used one?2. Look at your paper, do you use parentthetical notation when citing your sources? Why is it important to do it? 3. Look at your paper, does your conclusion sum up the paper? Is it an anyalysis? Why are conlusions important?4. Read the Using Specific Evidence handout. Look at your paper, does you have sufficient evidence for your points? 3. Add a Works Cited page to your paper. All of the articles are cited correctly on the packets if you look....